Smart supply chain innovation model selection: exploitative or exploratory innovation?

Abstract

More and more companies are actively building smart supply chains, but the process of building them is tortuous due to the lack of suitable innovation models for their own companies, and no scholars have yet explored the selection of smart supply chain innovation models to obtain a general theoretical framework. In this paper, we propose a theoretical framework on the factors influencing the selection of smart supply chain innovation models by using a multi-case study approach and taking four companies from China that are engaged in smart supply chain innovation as the research subjects through field research and interviews. Several important findings emerged from our study: Firstly, internal factors such as strategic orientation, supply chain network structure, and supply chain control system, and external factors such as competition intensity and national policies will have an impact on the choice of supply chain innovation model; the application of smart technology and market environment regulate the relationship between internal and external factors on the choice of innovation model; secondly, we further found that due to the industrial differences, the distance between manufacturing enterprises and suppliers, the supply chain integration differences in distribution enterprises will have a greater impact on the choice of smart supply chain innovation model; finally, we summarize the theoretical framework of the factors influencing the choice of smart supply chain innovation model for core enterprises, which can be used to guide enterprises to better realize smart supply chain innovation.

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